Playing cards



June 3 1924. 1,496,162

J. J. MICHALSKI PLAYING CARDS -Filed May 27, 1922 17 1&7/ Wy $.57 W@ Patented .lune 3, 1924.

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PLAYING CARDS.

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provide agameoffthis characterlsvhich fis instructive as Well asiinterfesting `-and entertaining.

In .the .aecoi card 'of yeaeh ofthe .vanioii/s,sets or lugolrsrzon` Stitntingthe improvedgafme.

.Infth preferred `mbe'dime i.1 ;,"ol theLgin-,- vention illn'strated gthe. A\drawin'p,f's game consists of oardsqnstitilting v,twelve setsor 'books zo, ur @args eaeh. The numeralsl 1-12 dieate one lot the a'rds Eo @a 'bp'ok. book is devoted 'tofa given' elf-isserhielten;

other events or .a .department off( aehieveinent To this ;end .eaeh book Jbears atitleor heading indieat'ive ot, one

ofsiieh classes' and aseriesof naines or Words related to that class. Each card .bears k,as

many of snch ,names as there are car a `book, .therebeing four on each finthesample. shown.A These .books are also coinbined in` certaingronps :for a rpnrpse which will hereinafter appear.

1n the drawing, ,the designated givenfthe `'cards of each tbookare by the numeral 13 and inelude, ifor.e xai`ny ple,y The most esteemed. presidents, Golden names, .The knights .ofi-freedom, The great scientists, .The genial Writers and poets, The Watchwords of America,

Achievements, AKBainting and` plastic,l

Noted Women, Mnsicandldramaf3 'l;`he press, and Sta-tesmen Disposedginsa column under yeach title are lthenames or Words'l associated therewith, all``the of lthe bool; bearing ythe ysame toni-names As shown, one of the naines on each card of EPH J. Miorinr- ,e Iraniens" faiieseglsues 1-12, inclusive, .represent face vienzso one clsixfeehin; r

'h .Consideredessenstltitins .the first s110119 Thpsebooks including the `cards 8, '9 and 10 1 1922. serial No. "564,103,

a given :set Ais printed in a prominent distlncti-ve manner, such for instance as the name (1eorgeaShmgtOn oiA ycard No. l,

i Whilethe remaining three names are printed in italics orl in some other appropriate contrasting fashion, it being` understood that Adifferent naines are distinctively displayed on the four cards of each book. To further distinguishgthe yvarious ca-rds in each book, especially -While being held in a fan-like p0- StOrliiIi-the ,hands olfthe players, a sign or symbol .15j isV preferably placed on each card at the Aleft of that-particular name which is distinctively smitten; These 'signs may be of ,anyapprppriate form,*but as' shown in kthe drawings/,preferably include the representaton iota 1121119011., star, Sun and 'globe- .The several boolrs, besides bearing different [titles and related names, are valso dis tin-guishefd troingone another ein that they are providedlxvith sielitable emblems which may he symbolic of the book titles. Those books te Vwhichythezoardsdesignated Gan-d 7 belong, bsansinsle 'emblems-16 Whchare 10- cated in e d'iiferyent positions on the, cards, the emblema@ ith@ :nerds '6 being preferably 10- cated central-ly y above their titles 13 e and the emblems gonfthe eairds :7 being ,placed centralgly belovv` the columns of namesfilt, The bqeksqmposedlof; said cards 6,7 will Ahe @ensffne ithesesond groep? and are @Pre yvided lwith two ysimilar emblems y,17 which `areloeated ingdill'erent positions `on lthe cards, ,the remhlemson the cards 8 being lo- ,.cated above their Ititles 13 yand -`atopposite sides ythe reef .the emblems on .the cards 9 aboyie andlbelow the titles y and icolumns of names, resp `natively,.and the emblemsonfthe .cards -10..at @diagonally opposite corners thereof.. fllhefhooks including the cards y11 @anddeconstitnte `the lthirdgroinp and are ,provided Aj,Wi ,t l'1,threey similar emblems 18 ,Wheh yirl-this instance, may be :located oenf' 4trally above the titles of the cards. The ,hooks constituting Ithe fourth group inolude cards "3,14 gand 5. The latter yare provvided With-'single emblems 19 which are located inlthevnpperright hand corner of the rcards. `Besides lth'eseemblems7 .the cards of ,the hooks in thisfgroup Aare provided acent ytheir sideledges (with ,anoifnliborders .20,V the l herderson fthe cards vof one book being of va different design'from thoseon ythe other A`hooks ol the group. y The border on the left hand side of each card preferably extends substantially its full length, while the border on the opposite or right hand side eX- tends only al part of the length of the card, say from its bottom to a midway o'f its length.

It will be noted that the cards of each book in the first group are provided with one emblem, those of each book in the second group with two emblems, those of each book in the third group xwith three einblems, and those in the fourth group with a single emblem together with a distinctive border. This arrangement not only readily distinguishes the books from one another, but also affords the further advantage of assisting the player in properly grouping the different books.

The books which include the cards l and 2 are separate and distinct from all other groups, the same being termed special value books and bearing the titles The most esteemed presidents and Golden names, respectively. The emblems 21 on said cards l and 2 are located at their tops. In addition to its emblem, each card l is provided with a fanciful border 22, eXtending completely around its marginal edge, while each card 2 is provided with a fanciful partial border 23 disposed in the same manner as the borders 2O on the cards 3, 4 and 5.

The rules of the game are as follows:

With a complete deck of forty-eight cards, the game may be played by three, four, six or eight persons, but live persons may play as well byv removing two books from the deck, say, one book from the second group and one from the fourth group, so that the cards may be equally divided among the players. The cards are thoroughly shuffled and then dealt to the several players in the usual manner. The dealer starts the game by asking some player for a certain named card included in a book which he intends completing. For example, say he has three cards of the Statesmen book, but lac-ks the one bearing Theodore Roosevelt. It is this card for which he asks. If the player who is asked for that does not hold it, the party at the left of the dealer in turn asks for a desired card and so on around the circle of players. Should a player obtain the card for which he asks, `he is entitled to another turn. in this manner until all of the books have been completed by the players.

The completed books have different numercial values under certain conditions. If one gets all the books included in any one of the four groups heretofore mentioned, each book in the groups counts twenty. Each individual book forming only part of an uncompleted group counts ten, with the exception of the books constituting the fourth point substantially y The game continues group in which each individual bookcounts twenty. The player who first completes one book of the first group adds fifty to his score and the player completing both books in said group adds one hundred to his score. As before stated, the books containing the Presidents and Golden names are special value cards and serve to increase ones score by definite ratios, say two and three times as much, respectively. Any player having more than one group at the end of the game is entitled to increase his score by one-half of the total number of counts obtained. any player getting one book from each group of each of the several groups adds fifty to his score. If a player obtains all of the four groups, he adds one hundred to his score. The player getting the last card of any book of the first group or the Golden names book is entitled'to fifty additional points.

While entertaining, this improved game is also educational in that it creates an interest in the historical and intellectual achievements of the country. By the arrangement and grouping of the books herein described the players are in effect striving for the principles set forth in the titles of the books and the names associated therewith, especially the books of the first group and the special value books.

The book of Achievements is shown in the drawings as having a sub-heading of sports, but I wish it to be understood that any other sub-heading, such as nationalf7 societies, etc., may be employed together with names related thereto.

I claim as my invention:

l. A pack of playing cards, comprising a plurality of ybooks arranged in groups, each card of a book bearing a title indicating a department of human endeavor and a series of names related thereto, the titles and the related names being the same on each card of a book and one of the names on each card being distinctively displayed, the distinctive names being different on the cards of a book, the cards of each book being also provided with one or more like emblems and the. emblems on the several books differing from one another, the books constituting a certain group bearing a like number of emblems which are located in different positions on the cards of the several books in each group.

2. A pack of playing cards, comprising a plurality of books arranged in groups, each book including a number `of cards, each bearing a title indicating a department of human endeavor, and a series of names related thereto, the titles and the related names being the same on each card of a book and one of the names on each card being dis-` tinctively displayed, the distinctive names being different on the cards of a book, the

cards of each book in certain groups being provided with one or more like emblems and the books which constitute a given group bearing a like number of emblems Which are located in different positions on the cards of the several books in such group, the cards of the books in the other groups being provided With emblems and in addition thereto with contrasting marginal borders.

3. A pack of playing cards, comprising a plurality of books combined in groups and one or more books separate and distinct from such groups, each book of ,a group including a number of cards each having a 15 title indicating a department of human en- JOSEPH J. MICHALSKI. 

